[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 126 (Thursday, July 26, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1077-E1078]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING DR. STEPHEN SCOTT

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                          HON. DAVID E. PRICE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 26, 2018

  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
leadership of Dr. Stephen Scott, President of Wake Technical Community 
College, as he completes his highly successful tenure at one of our 
state's truly great educational institutions.
   Dr. Scott holds B.A., M.Ed., and Ed.D. degrees from Clemson 
University. Before coming to Wake Tech, he served as president of 
Lenoir Community College in Kinston and of Southeastern Community 
College in Whiteville. From 1999 to 2000, Dr. Scott was Executive Vice 
President and Chief Operating Officer of the N.C. Community College 
System.
   Dr. Scott has been an energetic and visionary leader of Wake Tech 
since 2003, serving as the college's third president. Under Dr. Scott's 
leadership, Wake Tech became the largest of North Carolina's 58 
community colleges, growing from two campuses serving 40,000 students 
to six campuses serving nearly 75,000 students a day. The opening of 
Wake Tech's newest campus in Research Triangle Park next month, over 
which Dr. Scott will be presiding as one of his last acts as president, 
represents a fitting culmination of this impressive and impactful 
growth.
   Wake Tech's students, faculty, and staff consistently receive 
recognition among their peers for outstanding achievements, and Dr. 
Scott has shared in this recognition. In 2008, he was named President 
of the Year by the NC Board of Community Colleges. He also received the 
2009 I.E. Ready award from the N.C. State University Department of 
Adult and Higher Education and the 2008 Business Leader of the Year 
Award from Business Leader magazine, among other honors.
   One hallmark of Dr. Scott's leadership has been the attraction of 
competitive grant funding to supplement Wake Tech's operating budget, 
increasing annual grant funding from minimal levels to more than $11 
million during his tenure. Much of this support has come from the 
National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education program; 
as the initiator of this program, I have taken great pride in seeing 
Wake Tech use these funds for precisely the kinds of innovations in 
instruction and in institutional partnerships that we envisioned. Wake 
Tech's grant support has helped create innovative training programs in 
Business Analytics, Co-Robotics, and Cybersecurity, and has accelerated 
the process of transformational learning that has made Wake Tech one of 
the truly great community colleges of America.
   Dr. Scott has pioneered a unique management style that has 
modernized Wake Tech's administration. In 2009, he initiated an award-
winning process of continuous improvement at the college called Applied 
Benchmarking to bring out the best in its faculty and staff. He also 
created the Scott Scholars Presidential Scholarship Fund, which 
provides students with an opportunity to pursue studies while 
participating in leadership development. His commitment to this program 
is personal: he mentors each Scott Scholar during their time at Wake 
Tech.

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   In fact, Dr. Scott brings an effective personal touch to everything 
he does. He has a great gift for friendship and colleagueship, which in 
my case has made for a cordial, candid, and supportive relationship 
through many shared endeavors over the years.
   On behalf of North Carolina's congressional delegation and my 
constituents in the Fourth District, I join Dr. Scott's many friends, 
colleagues, and students in thanking him for the energy and effort he 
has dedicated to Wake Tech and congratulating him on a job well done. 
He leaves the college stronger than he found it, better equipped to 
nurture future generations of conscientious and effective leaders. For 
that, all North Carolinians are in his debt. We thank Dr. Stephen Scott 
for his exemplary service and wish him and his family well as he begins 
the next chapter in his life.

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